KNOXVILLE - The Tennessee Lady Vol tennis team (9-3) earned the fifth spot in Tuesday's Campbell/ITA College Tennis Team Rankings, its first top-five rating since a program-best second in May 2001.

Tennessee has won four consecutive matches and nine of its last 10 as the Lady Vols prepare to open SEC play this weekend, hosting No. 15 Florida on Friday at 5 p.m. and No. 22 South Carolina on Sunday at 1 p.m. Admission to each match is free.

With nine wins, Tennessee enters its SEC slate with its most victories since 2002, when the Lady Vols reached the NCAA Tournament semifinals.

Pluskota and Williams are 6-2 together in 2012 with wins over three of the current top five ranked duos in the country. Tennessee's top pairing has defeated No. 2 Kristy Frilling and Shannon Mathews (Notre Dame), No. 3 Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria (USC) and No. 5 Emina Bektas and Brooke Bolender (Michigan).

Boren and Toti, meanwhile, are in the midst of a 15-match winning streak dating back to the fall. UT's No. 2 duo has opened the dual-match season with an SEC-best mark of 12-0 and is 23-3 overall, with a team-high eight doubles-point clinchers. Boren and Toti had been ranked No. 2 since Feb. 16.

Pluskota is also ranked with Kata Szekely in doubles at 17th, but the two haven't played together this spring.

SINGLES RANKINGS
Tennessee is one of just three schools nationally to have three players ranked in the Top 37, No. 2 USC and Friday's opponent, Florida.

Pluskota leads the way for the Lady Vols, up eight spots to No. 28.

Despite three-match winning streaks for Boren and Szekely, the former dropped a spot to No. 35, while the latter remained ranked 37th.

Tennessee's matches this weekend are slated to be played outside at Barksdale Stadium, but weather may force play indoors to the adjacent Goodfriend Tennis Center.